The City of Cleveland's fight to overturn statewide preemption of gun laws as unconstitutional has begun to heat up.

Last week, Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray filed a merit brief to defend the state law which prohibits local municipalities from passing their own gun laws if they are not in line with state law.

Friday, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc., a Connecticut-based non-profit tax-exempt corporation, is made up of about 5,700 federally licensed firearms manufacturers, distributors and retailers, sportsmen's organizations, and gun clubs, filed a friend of the court brief supporting Ohio law.

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Everyone interested, and especially the opposition, is scrambling for information on President Obama's enigmatic Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. In the absence of a body of decisions to give light to her views, how she will likely rule on the issues of the day should she be confirmed is foremost in a lot of people's minds, particularly gun owners concerned with judicial opinions affecting the Second Amendment.

The Washington Post, therefore, has provided a real service by posting documents pertaining to Kagan's earlier nomination for Solicitor General.

[Also see part one of my April 19 speech at the Second Amendment March in Washington DC]

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Friday, the NRA-ILA ran a story about the latest U.S. Senate hearing for S.1317 and H.R.2159, which would "prohibit the possession of firearms by people on the FBI's 'terrorist watchlist'."

Many people might wonder why anyone would be opposed to keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists, but that's not really what the issue is here.

The FBI claims the only people on the list are those "known or reasonably suspected of being involved in terrorist activity." The FBI website about the watch list admits that U.S. citizens are on the list and also states that it "cannot reveal whether a particular person is in the [list]."

So, here you have a list that is not revealed to the public that has people added to it merely by by suspicion of wrongdoing. The FBI even admits that there are occasional issues of “misidentified person[s]” being on the list because they have "a similar name to a person" on the list.

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Do you watch out for your neighbor? Do you know if that strange vehicle parked in their driveway is a friend or relative or is someone making off with their prized collection of McDonalds glassware?

As the weather becomes nicer, we find ourselves opening doors and windows to welcome in the fresh air. After all, the house has been sealed up tight all winter. Did you remember to close that window? How about ensuring that it was locked?

Preventative measures as simple as locking your windows can be the difference between you finding yourself having to replace many of your beloved possessions or sitting in your comfy living room chair deciding what to watch on your 50” LCD.

Take into consideration that your television can be easily replaced, but what about your wife, son or daughter? There have been many documented cases where a “simple” break-in escalated into violence. Why invite crime into your home when it’s as simple as double-checking locks on doors and windows?